"Jack Tyler" > wrote in message
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> On Jan 24, 2:35 pm, "Carolyn LeCrone" > wrote:
>> In Maryland, blue crabs are served with Old Bay seasoning and some people
>> like vinegar with them. The truly decadent use melted butter."Jack
>> Tyler"
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> Old Bay is used, pretty much, everywhere as a crab boil. There are a
> couple of other ones, also, and they're all good. I didn't mention
> using something like Old Bay when cooking them, but I should have... as
> I always use something like that to steam or boil them. I sometimes
> use melted butter and lemon with crabs, but if I dipped every bite in
> butter, the abdominal pain would be unbearable after the first dozen.
> Crabs are so plentiful here that there are a lot of "all you can eat"
> specials on crabs... at my age, I can handle far more crabs than
> butter. I've also eaten a lot of crabs in the Baltimore and Annapolis
> areas.
>
> Jack

Good ole Zatarain's shrimp and crab boil. Used that for a few mudbug
feasts as a kid.

I do like the Chesapeake seafood when I can find real local flavors.